Perception (Club Destiny #6)(126)
Author: Nicole Edwards

“Sit up.”

Xander sat up, swinging his legs around and over the side of the sofa, his painfully hard cock causing a tremendous amount of discomfort, but he didn’t say a word.

“Stand up.”

Rising to his feet, he kept his gaze fixed on her.

Mercedes stood, coming to stand directly in front of him and that was when he realized she was holding something else.

It wasn’t until she reached up and buckled it to the D ring on the collar that he figured out just what it was.

The wicked woman had leashed him. She’d actually clipped a fucking leash to the fucking collar around his fucking neck.

He took a deep breath. Let it out.

Mercedes stepped closer, went up on her toes and brushed her mouth to his. “I’m just making sure there is absolutely no doubt in anyone’s mind exactly who you belong to.”

He nodded, still not saying a word. He was supposed to be playing a part. And he had to hand it to himself… he was doing a damn fine job.

Because, in less than five minutes, he was going to have the collar off, and the leash would be used to redden her backside nicely.

Right before he fucked her until she didn’t remember her own name.

Epilogue

Six months later, January…

The day AFTER the opening of Alluring Indulgence Resort

“What did you think of AI?” Xander asked Mercedes as they stepped onto the private jet that would take them from Austin to Dallas.

“I thought it was rather impressive,” Mercedes answered with her one thousand megawatt smile, the one that made his blood run hot. “Almost as impressive as you were.”

Xander smiled, stepping back out of the way and motioning for Mercedes to take a seat in one of the cushioned leather chairs on the five person jet that they had used for both business and pleasure on quite a few occasions in recent months.

Once she was seated, he moved to the chair across from her, a small table holding a vase of fresh flowers between them. He knew that Mercedes had a fascination for flowers and for the last six months, Xander had ensured there were fresh ones on the jet whenever they took a trip, as well as in her office every morning.

“Was that sarcasm I detected?” he asked, looking over at her.

“What would give you that idea?” she retorted, a mischievous grin on her pretty lips. “What about you? What did you think of AI?” Mercedes asked, staring back at him as he relaxed into the chair, his long legs stretching out into the aisle.

Their short visit to the newly opened resort in Coyote Ridge was officially over. Not a moment too soon, as far as Xander was concerned.

Having been personally invited by Travis Walker to check out the Alluring Indulgence Resort at the official grand opening, they’d spent the first few hours after their arrival talking business with Travis, his husband Gage, and two of his brothers, as well as Luke and Logan McCoy.

A higher power must’ve been looking out for him though because, much to his relief, that had been the extent of the business discussions.

From that point on, it’d been an all-out free for all and, as intense as it had been, Xander was anxious to get home. They’d spent the morning having breakfast with the owners and other investors of Alluring Indulgence, without spending any time talking business. Not an easy feat with so many Type A’s in one room, but as they learned, it was possible.

In just a few minutes, they would be heading back to Dallas.

“I don’t have any complaints,” he told Mercedes. “The turnout was definitely impressive.”

Travis obviously had a long list of acquaintances who’d been foaming at the mouth, eagerly anticipating this event. No one would be going home disappointed.

Considering what the Walker brothers were striving for, Xander and Mercedes had taken the opportunity to talk to Travis Walker about future events at the resort, including some demonstrations and classes related to the diversified selection of sexual kinks. As it turned out, that was one of the main reasons he had been invited, aside from the fact that he held a hefty financial investment in the place.

Apparently, Travis Walker had been rather impressed with the BDSM theme nights that had become quite popular at Devotion. It looked as though Travis was looking to implement some of the themed nights for the resort as well.

To Xander’s surprise, Mercedes seemed more than willing to help in giving them her ideas. The look on Travis’ face when he realized that Mercedes was a Domme in her former life, as she liked to tell it, had been rather amusing.

“Well, I look forward to going back in a few months,” Mercedes said, her eyes darting toward the flowers. “Thank you. These are beautiful.”